From 8c59ac01f505efc62bd9ef03f915282c8c8d9c6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Calavera <david.calavera@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2020 00:04:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Allow to build RocksDB with a different stdlib. (#423)

---
 librocksdb-sys/build.rs | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/librocksdb-sys/build.rs b/librocksdb-sys/build.rs
index 2cf1a42..4be4a1e 100644
--- a/librocksdb-sys/build.rs
+++ b/librocksdb-sys/build.rs
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ fn build_rocksdb() {
     if target.contains("msvc") {
         config.flag("-EHsc");
     } else {
-        config.flag("-std=c++11");
+        config.flag(&cxx_standard());
         // this was breaking the build on travis due to
         // > 4mb of warnings emitted.
         config.flag("-Wno-unused-parameter");
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ fn build_snappy() {
     if target.contains("msvc") {
         config.flag("-EHsc");
     } else {
+        // Snappy requires C++11.
+        // See: https://github.com/google/snappy/blob/master/CMakeLists.txt#L32-L38
         config.flag("-std=c++11");
     }
 
@@ -309,6 +311,16 @@ fn try_to_find_and_link_lib(lib_name: &str) -> bool {
     false
 }
 
+fn cxx_standard() -> String {
+    env::var("ROCKSDB_CXX_STD").map_or("-std=c++11".to_owned(), |cxx_std| {
+        if !cxx_std.starts_with("-std=") {
+            format!("-std={}", cxx_std)
+        } else {
+            cxx_std
+        }
+    })
+}
+
 fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=build.rs");